benign (adj) - kind, compassionate, or gentle; propitious; not harmful, threatening, or serious [bih-nahyn]
BREAKDOWN: BEN- (good) + -IGN (born)
See also: benediction, beneficiary, benevolent
“The Holocaust teaches us that nature, even in its cruelest moments, is benign in comparison with man when he loses his moral compass and his reason.” —Samuel Pisar
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